Sanitary receptacle.



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SAN ITARY RECEPTACLE. APPLICATION FILED AuG.l6, 19m.

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M. L. & R. E. REID.

SANITARY RECEPTACLE.

APPLICATION FILED 1\UG.16. 1916.

Patented Mar. 13, 1917.

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MAURICE I1. REID, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, AND RSBERT- E. REID, OF SEATTLE,

WASHINGTON.

' SANITARY RECEPTAOLE.

Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 13, 1917.

Application filed August 16, 1916. Serial No. 115,351.

'10 all whom it may concern;

Be it known that we,,MAU1non L. Rum and ROBERT E. REID, citizens of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, and Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, respectively, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention appertains to improvements in folded-blank receptacles of that type commercially known as sputum cups or refills. At the present time there is quite generally used in tuberculosis hospi; tals, sanitariums and elsewhere, a metallic holder or container which is adapted to hold temporarily a paper cup into which sputum is received, said cup being removed after a certain period of use and destroyed, with a view to the prevention of spread of disease.

The holders aforesaid are provided with a cover which normally closes the receptacle but the main objection to the article has been due to the fact that the paper cup used in connection with this regular holder consisted only of a container without a lid, and consequently the cover of the metallic holder came into contact more or less with the contents of the cup. Therefore, to maintain the holder perfectly sanitary it is necessary to frequently sterilize the metal holder. 7

Briefly stated, the object of this invention is to provide a sputum cup or refill which will eliminate the foregoing difiiculty or objectionable feature by embodying a lid which forms a protective covering for the metallic cover of the holder. Incidentally, a further object is to provide a novel interlocking connection for the lid of the cup and the holder cover so .that as the latter is moved to open or close the receptacle the lid is carried with it, said paper lid being so formed as to overlie the edges of the cup and preclude contamination of the metal when, in use.

These and such other objects as may hereinafter appear are attained by the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter specifically described and claimed. Reference will now be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, wherein 4 Figure 1 is a perspective view of the conventional metallic holder with our special refill applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of our refill alone Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken about on the plane indicated by the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

.Fig' i is a plan view of the blank from which the refill is formed; and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 5,5 of Fig/1.

Referringto the drawings, A designates a metallic holder or receptacle which is of a conventional form as hereinbefore premised, and provided with a spring actuated cover B anda finger piece C connected thereto for opening the receptacle. The special feature of our invention consists in the refill which is adapted to be received by this holder and such refill or cup is formed from a blank which is cut into the configuration shown most clearly in Fig. 4 of the drawings. Referring to this figure, l designates the bottom section, 2 the side sections, 3 the front section, and 4 the back section, each substan- .line 6 passing through the center thereof and along which these corner sections are folded inwardly in the formation of the receptacle. These corner folds 5, as will be noted particularly by reference to Fig. 3, are 1 adapted to lie against the side sections in pairs.

Each of the side sections 2 is formed at its upper edge with an extension 7 which is adapted to be folded downwardly and into the receptacle or cup so as to lie over its cooperating pair of corner folds 5. Each extension 7 terminates in an elongated interlocking tongue 8 the extremities of which are inserted beneath the respective corner folds adjacent thereto, thereby locking the cup in receptacle form.

The blank further comprises a lid section 9 connected to the back section 4 and foldable on the line 10. It will be noted that this section is of a larger surface area than any of the remaining sections of the cup and this is an especially important feature of our arrangement because, as will be observed in Fig. 1, the edges of the lid 9 materially extend beyond the top edges of the sides of the receptacle and likewise beyond the edges of the cover B of the metallic holder. At opposite sides the lid is provided with flap extensions or ears 11 which are fol-:lable upwardly and held in operative position so as to lie upon the top of the lid by means of wire staples 12 which are inserted adjacent to the fold line of these flaps.

It will be apparent that in the use of the receptacle or cup above described it may be readiiy introduced into the metallic holder A, substantially conforming to the size of the latter, and when thus introduced the flaps 11 are engaged over the cover B of the holder A, thereby locking the lid of the cup for movement with the cover B as the latter is opened and closed in the use of the device. By reason of the extension of this lid beyond the edges of the cover B, as hereinbefore mentioned, said metallic cover will not come in contact with the top edges of the sputum cup and will therefore not be likely to be contaminated by contact with the contents of the receptacle. A sanitary device of this character is very desirable.

One of the advantages of our refill is incident to the formation thereof so as be capable of use with the regular cup holders so that a special holder does not have to be manufactured to accommodate the same. The article, it will be obvious, may be cheaply manufactured, a desideratum in de= vices of this character since they may be replenished at a very small or nominal expense.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new is:

1. The combination with a filler receptacle comprising a permanently connected flexible lid of sufficient area to rest on the edges of the opening of said receptacle, of a holder from which the filler is bodily re- 'movable so as to be discarded and adapted to receive said receptacle, said holder being provided with a cover so constructed and arranged as to firmly press on the lid of the 2. The combination with a holder and cover therefor, of a cup adapted to be received in said holder, a lid for said cup, and flaps formed on the edges of the lid and bent upwardly and over the holder cover to engage with the latter.

3. The combination with a holder and cover therefor, of a filler cup adapted to be receivedin said holder, a lid for said cup, flaps carried by said lid for cooperation with the holder cover aforesaid, and connecting means intermediate said flapsand lid.

4'. A receptacle of the class described comprising a blank folded to provide front, back and side sections, corner folds intermediate the said sections and arranged to lie against the side sections in pairs, each side having an extension foldable inwardly of the receptacle onto the corner folds and means interlocking with-said folds.

5. A receptacle of the class described comprising a blank folded to provide front, back and side sections, corner folds intermediate the said sections and arranged to lie against the side sections in pairs, each side'having an extension foldable inwardly of the receptacle onto the corner folds and terminating in a locking tongue engageabie beneath the folds.

6. A receptacle of the class described comprising a blank folded to provide front, back and side sections, means interlocking the side sections, a lid section of greater surface area than any of said sections to materially extend beyond the same when the receptacle is formed, flaps on said lid extending over the top surface of the same, and staples positively holding said flaps in said position.

tures.

MAURICE L. REID. ROBERT E. REID.

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In testimony whereof we aflix our signa- 

